The renal effects of alginates isolated from brown seaweed Sargassum vulgare

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 364-369

  Sousa, Alessandra De Paula Alves ^a   Barbosa, Paulo Sergio Ferreira ^a   Torres, Márcia Rocha ^a   Martins, Alice Maria Costa ^a   Martins, René Duarte ^a   Alves, Renata De Sousa ^a   De Sousa, Daniel Freire ^a   Alves, Claudênio Diogenes ^a   Costa Lotufo, Letícia Veras ^a   Monteiro, Helena Serra Azul ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alginates; Nephrotoxicity; Sargassum vulgare

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM VULGARE; SEAWEED; SODIUM EXCRETION; URINE FLOW RATE; VISCOSITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; PERFUSION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARGASSUM; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SARGASSUM VULGARE;

EID: 42049091652     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1287     Document Type: Article

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